Trout stocking planned at City Lake Park
Dec. 29—Herald-Banner staff report
Local anglers and those across North Texas have chances to land a rainbow trout this winter thanks to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).
The agency announced it intends to stock multiple community lakes in the region with trout, including in Royse City.
For the fourth consecutive year, the state agency has announced its intention to add thousands of trout to neighborhood lakes across North Texas as well as in several state parks throughout Texas.
In Royse City, 1,000 trout are scheduled to be added at the City Lake Park on Feb. 8.
In Rockwall, 1,000 trout are to be released at the Harry Myers Southwest Pond on Feb. 5.
In Greenville, the TPWD is scheduled to release 2,000 trout at the Graham Park lake on Jan. 22, with a free 2023 Trout Bout Fishing Derby scheduled at the park on Feb. 16.
"TPWD stocks catchable sized fish during winter months to create unique winter angling opportunities throughout Texas," said Carl Kittel, TPWD Rainbow Trout Program director. "Rainbow trout love cold water and can be caught on a variety of baits and lures (worms, commercially available pastes, corn, spinners, spoons, flies and more), and are great to take home and eat. Our winter rainbow trout program has been a favorite of anglers for over forty years."
People can take home any trout they do catch.
Among types of bait recommended are kernel corn, cheese balls, salmon eggs, wigglers, cut nightcrawlers, manufactured trout bites or trout nibbles, crickets, mealworms and dough.
TPWD plans to stock 337,469 rainbow trout in Texas from Nov. 23 through March 3. Because rainbow trout are unable to survive in Texas after winter, anglers are encouraged to keep up to their daily bag limit of five trout.
